ravisher

Example Sentences

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"Messiah" is still a potent ravisher of the musical senses, if the number of productions this month in Seattle is anything to go by.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2010

The burglar of pies, the ravisher of cakes, was almost shocked by this unexpected light.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

The smallpox will too soon turn a ravisher, and rifle all those sweets and charms that might be able to vanquish a king and to subdue a conqueror of mighty battles.

From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel

"And thou, creature of guilt and misery," said Cedric, "what became thy lot on the death of thy ravisher?"

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

The brothers set off in pursuit of the ravisher, when Sramana, a female devotee sent by Vibhishana to Rama, calls for succour being seized by Kabandha, a headless fiend.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.